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No. 450,582. L Patented Apr. 1.4, 1891.

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UNITED STATES ATENT Prion- HARRY M. GEIGER, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN M. OASSIL, OF SAME PLACE.

POLL-BOOK AND TALLY-SH EET.

SPECIFICATION forminghpart of Letters Patent No. 450,582, dated April14, 1891.

Application filed September 2. 1889. Serial No. 822,696. (No specimens.)

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Poll-Books andTally-Sheets, of

which the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in books forrecording theresults of popular elections; and it consists, essentially,of a number of pages suitably ruled and printed and permanently bound orsecured to a cover, so as to be freely opened and turned in a similarmanner to the leaves in a pamphlet or a book, while a large or blanketsheet of about the same depth of page as the leaves aforesaid is foldedin creases, so as to form pages of about the same width as said leaves,said pages of the blanketsheet being also suitably ruled and printed tobe used with the permanent leaves aforesaid. This large or blanket sheetis temporarily secured to the same cover as the permanent leaves and ata suitable distance therefrom, whereby the pages of the large sheet maymatch and be conveniently used with said leaves while the tally-sheet isbeing filled out, and afterward the said pages may be readily freed fromthe temporary binding and spread out in one large blanketsheet, thusexposing to view for examination and copying, or either, without furtherturning of pages, the complete tabulated number of votes received by theseveral candidates.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like reference-lettersindicatecorrespondingparts, Figure lrepresents a perspective view of said election record-book having theleaves partly open and showing the pages of the blanketsheet held by thepreferred form of temporary binding; Fig. 2, a perspective view of thesaid book closed; Fig. 3, a detail view of the preferred form oftemporary binding when used with a blanketsheet having two double pages;Fig. 4, a perspective viewuof the same, indicating its shape as appliedto the blanketsheet and the cover; Fig. 5, a modification of Fig. 3,showing tongues that are secured to the folded leaves when more than twodouble pages are required; Fig. 6, a partial section 0f the cover near aform of temporary binding, a stem attached to the cover, and a clipremovably mounted thereon, alsoa plan view of the same; Fig. 7, an endview of Fig. 6, showing the manner the clip engages the blanket-sheetand a part of the permanent leaves; Fig. 8, a modification of Fig. 6,showing a clip having one prong; also an end view of the same, showingits position in regard to a fold of the blanket-sheet; Fig. 9, aperspective view of a portion of a blanket-sheet having two double pagesruled in office, candidate, and summary columns, a fragile connection atthe folds of said sheet, a portion of the tallj, -sheet lapping over thesummary-column of the blanket-sheet and a part of the pollbook; and Fig.l0 an end view of a portion of the blanket-sheet and apart of the coveradjacent, showing the manner the tongues and legs on the fragileconnection engage with the folded leaves of the summary-sheet and cover,respectively.

The letter A designates the cover of an election-record book consistingof a poll-book and a tally-sheet, and having anumberof creases so it maybe readily folded into a convenient size and protect the inclosed pages.At one of these creases B is permanently bound or secured a number ofleaves forming the pollbook and tally-sheet C and O', suitably ruled andprinted, while at another crease D, a suitable distance from B, istemporarily secured, in a manner presently to appear, a large or blanketsheet C, so folded at D', Figs. l and 9, as to presentpages of about thesame size as the permanent leaves, and ruled and divided inio off1ce,7candidata and summary columns, so as to be conveniently used therewith.One edge of the blanket-sheet is attached to the permanent leaves at theline B, Fig. 9, so as to conform to a law in one State in regard to thesaid sheet being in one piece with the tally-sheet. If desired, however,this attachment may be dispensed with and theblanket-shect may be usedunattached to said permanent leaves. "l`hc blanketsheet and its foldsare held in their normal position by means of a temporary binding now tobe described. lVhen the said sheet is folded so as to present two doublepages, as shown in Fig. 9, the preferred form of temporary biliding, asshown in detail in Figs. 3 and l, is used at or near each end of thesaid folds, and consists of a strip E, secured to the sheet at each sideof the folds, so as to hold the sheet in a folded position, as shown inFigs. l and tl, and of the legs F, that are secured to i the cover, asindicated in Figs. l and 2.

In Fig. 5 is shown a modification of Fig. il, having' tongues G, thatextend between the folds D', and are secured to the sheet at each sideof the folds, respectively, whereby the 3 folded portions of the sheetmay be turned and opened, as previously suggested.

Another form of temporary bindingis shown in Fig. 6, which consists ofstems H, secured i to the cover near the crease t3, and having lenlargements at or near the ends of said stems, on which stems aremounted clips J, composed of eyes and prongs extendingr practicallyparallel tothe crease and slightly open, so as to press the foldedportions of the sheet closely together, as shown in Figs. 7.

A niodilied form of clip .li is shown in Fig. 8, composed of an eye anda single linger-like prong that engages a fold, as shown in the end Viewof Fig. 8. If desired, when there are two or more clips on each stem,the prongs in both forms may be at. different distances from the stem,as indicated at l li', Fig. 8, in order to prevent interference when thefolds are closed. It is my intention that the prongs of the clips shouldpreserve a practically parallel direction to the crease B, yet be somounted on their respective stems as readt ily to turn and be removedtherefrom, while the projection of each stem beyond the cover l iscomparatively slight, as shown in Figs. r3 and 8.

A temporary binding is placed a suitable distance away from thepermanent binding, l as from B to D, so that, among other reasons, l theedges of the leaves C will not interfere with l the clips aforesaid,(see T,`} and also that the leaves C and C may be used convenientlytogether, as previously mentioned. l It will now be readily understoodthat the temporary binding will preserve the proper 5 relation betweenthe said leaves C C while l the votes are being tabulated, and afterward,l the blanket-sheet may be freed by severing l the fragile connectionby disengaging the clip or otherwise according to the temporary form lof binding used, whereby a complete view of l the returns may be had andthe results enl tered on the abstractbool s without any further turningof the said leaves, thus lessening i the chances of mistake by falseentries and l greatly facilitating the work, the blanketi sheetl whenspread flat being preferably about l the size of said abstract-bool;opened. lt will also be observed that since the blanket-sheet containsthe summary of the votes received by the several candidates for therespective offices, it is only necessary that the Fjudges and clerkssign once forall the candidates, as in the column L, for instance, whencertifying to the correctness of the number ot votes received by theseveral candidates.

While I have illustrated and described a temporary binding applied tothe summary sheet of a poll-book and tally-sheet, l do not wish to limitmyself to a sheet for election purposes, for such a binding and a foldedsheet are also applicable to other bookssuoli as time-books formanufacturers so that in the claims and elsewhere in this speciiicationthe words poll-book and tallysheet i are to be understood in accordancewith the above explanation. u y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l.. As an election-record sheet, a blanket-u sheet horizontally ruledfor the returns ot two or more candidates and folded into pages cncreases across the said rulings, and having a certificate-blank formingpart of said sheet,

whereby the correctr ess of all the returns of the said candidates iscertified to by one set of signatures.

d. ln a poll-bool; and tally-sheet., the conibination, with a number ofpermanent leaves and a suitable cover, of a number of folded leaves, atemporary binding attached to the cover and extending between the foldedleaves, whereby said leaves are temporarily secured in their foldedposition until freed by severing said binding.

d. In a poll-bool; and tally-sheet, the combination, with a number ofleaves and asuitable cover to which said leaves are permanently secured,of a large sheet ruled horizontally on one side only and folded on verltical creases to form doubled leaves that freely turn and match onhorizontal lines with the tally-sheets, and a temporary binding for saidsheet to secure it to the cover.

l. ln a poll-book and tally-sheet, the coinbination, with a number of.tally-sheets and 3 poll-bool; leaves suitably printed and ruled andpermanently secured to a suitable cover or back, of a foldedsummary-sheet ruled to match the said tally sheets on horizontal linesextending across the folds andthe length cf the su mmary-sheet andarranged to be used therewith, substantially as described, and means totemporarily secure said sheet to said cover or back.

5. Ln a temporary binding, the combination, with a suitable cover orback and folded leaves, of a fragile connection between said cover andthe leaves, and having portions of the connection extending between saidfolds and separating them into double leaves and temporarily holdingthem in their folded position.

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6. AS a temporary fastening for the folded In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in leaves of a record-booke piece of fragile inapresenee oftwo witnesses. terial consisting of :L strip secured to two or more ofSaid leaves, and having proj eating por- 5 tions that temporarily securethe said leaves Witnesses:

t0 the cover in their folded position, substan- H. M. PLAISTED, tiallyas described. VARREN HULL.

HARRY M. GEIGER.

